Literary Terms Project For

Literary Terms Project for

AP Language and Composition

Step One: Define the terms using the Lit. terms packet (online), the internet, or the literature book.

Step Two: Choose a topic or theme for your project. Choose a concept or idea like: dreams, love, family. . .you could even choose a book, music group, or movie.

Step Three: Create examples of the literary terms that relate to your theme.

Step Four: Design a presentation using artwork, symbolism, and colors to represent your theme. The following must be present on your project:

1. Words

2. Definitions

3. Examples

4. Visuals

Terms to be Included:

1. Alliteration

2. Assonance

3. Allusion

4. Onomatopoeia

5. Pun

6. Simile

7. Synecdoche

8. Connotation

9. Asyndeton

10. Metonomy

11. Paradox 12. Consonance

13. Hyperbole

14. Symbol

15. Anaphora

16. Apostrophe

17. Polysyndeton

18. Parallelism

19. Personification

20. Irony (three kinds: dramatic, situational, verbal)

21. Imagery

22. Denotation

23. Oxymoron

24. Litotes

25. chiasmus